Burning Strike (Su): A nupperibo’s slam attack leaves behind a slimy residue that eats through the flesh of those it strikes. Creatures struck by the nupperibo’s slam take 80% of the damage the following rounds for a number of rounds equal to the nupperibo’s Constitution modifier (two rounds for the average nupperibo). multiple Burning Strike from the same Nupperibo dont stack, they overlaps.

STRATEGY AND TACTICS

Also includes information on how many creatures are usually encountered together, if the monster isn’t solitary.

ECOLOGY

This vaguely humanoid creature is about as tall as a human and has clawed hands and dark grayish-black flesh.

A barely discernable humanoid head and a pair of pseudopods are the only appendages on what is best describedas a heaving mass of red clay and mud. Aside from pock marks and dents where the eyes and nose should be, the head is featureless. Indeed, so too is the entire form. From time to time, it seems as if something buried beneath the creature’s mass struggles to pushes free. As it reacts to your approach, shuffling aggressivelytowards you, whatever lies within the creature becomes even more animated…

The nupperibo is a misshapen, damned being native to the Nine Hells of Perdition. Bearing a passing familiarityto the better known lemure and sharing many of the same duties, the nupperibo is even more detested by the devils of Hell than its lower ranked cousin. Interestingly enough, a nupperibo can never be promoted into another form of devil; instead it must be demoted to a lemure in order to progress. Even more intriguing is the fact that cornugons, gelugons, and pit fiends do all they can to ensure that a nupperibo never advances beyond 9 HD; conversely, barregons often attempt to secretly coral dozens of nupperibo secretly in order to allow them to advance to 14 HD. A nupperibo is about 5 ½ feet tall and weighs about 250 pounds. Blind, deaf, and mute, a nupperibo is susceptible to telepathic messages from other devils.